Costa Rica
1 regional event not shown — no location within Costa RicaOpen on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
Costa Rica recorded a significant M5.0 earthquake this week, striking 45 km SSE of Quepos with an estimated 24,353 people exposed. Beyond this, ongoing background conditions include a regional drought and low-level activity at two volcanoes, none of which reached significant status.
Earthquake An M5.0 earthquake occurred 45 km SSE of Quepos, Costa Rica, at a depth of 10 km, with 24,353 people estimated exposed and 8 felt reports recorded. The event remains classified as ongoing under orange severity.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 4
- Earthquake45 km SSE of Quepos, Costa Rica11 Sept, 08:45 UTC
Below the significance bar
- DroughtDrought in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, , Guyana, Panama, Suriname, VenezuelaNew14 Sept, 14:38 UTC
- VolcanoPoasNew14 Sept, 12:40 UTC
- VolcanoRincon de la ViejaNew14 Sept, 12:40 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 2 events also first tracked this week
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
17| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 10 | RED | new2 new | 12m ago |
| El Salvador | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Nicaragua | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Mexico | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Haiti | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Honduras | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Guatemala | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Cuba | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Belize | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Bahamas | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 21h ago |
| Venezuela | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 21h ago |
and 5 more
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
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